China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

The latest news, analysis and opinion on China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Chairman / President

Zhang Wei

CEO / Managing Director

Hou Qijun

CFO / Finance Director

Chai Shouping

Industry

Oil / Gas / Mining

Website

cnpc.com.cn

Headquarters address

9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Stock Code

SSE:601857
SEHK:0857

Year founded

1988

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3 Nov 2017 - 12:06AM

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20 Apr 2017 - 7:29AM

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12 Mar 2016 - 11:31PM

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24 Feb 2016 - 5:10PM

PetroChina

China's oil refining party at an end as capacity is cut

Mainland refiners, like many before them, now realise that parties don't last forever and eventually everyone has to sober up. The decision by state-controlled giant PetroChina to put off two new refineries and delay expansion of another is the latest, most dramatic signal that the mainland's refined fuels capacity has expanded too fast.

4 Feb 2014 - 5:44AM

Niger to repay US$1 billion China Exim Bank loan from sales of oil produced by Chinese firm

30 Oct 2013 - 3:39PM

Resources from the sale of oil produced in Niger by China National Petroleum Corp will be used to pay off the loan. Photo: Reuters

Executive of supplier to scandal-plagued CNPC 'dies in fall'

A senior executive of a major supplier to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has died, with one mainland media report saying she fell from a building in Chengdu.

26 Sep 2013 - 4:00PM

Zhou Yongkang

Sichuan-based CNPC-supplier executives disappear amid widening graft probe

3 Sep 2013 - 4:24PM

Zhou Yongkang

Oil giant urges calm during corruption probe into four senior executives

30 Aug 2013 - 2:49PM

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Jiang Jiemin

Chinese oil giant CNPC seen buying more overseas energy assets

3 Sep 2013 - 1:02PM

CNPC plans to increase overseas production to 200 million tonnes by 2015. Photo: Bloomberg

CNPC looks over Petrobras assets worth US$2b

The assets in Colombia and Peru could be worth about US$2 billion and CNPC may face competition from other South American producers, two of the sources said.

19 Jul 2013 - 5:08AM

CNPC to pay over US$5b in Kashagan oil stake

2 Jul 2013 - 10:42AM

Sinopec

Agency cuts ratings on power, resources firms

11 Apr 2013 - 5:07AM

Guangdong Nuclear Power was one of two state firms targeted.

Jiang Jiemin

CNPC chief Jiang Jiemin to take top job at Sasac in state shuffle

Jiang Jiemin, the head of the country's biggest oil and gas producer, has been picked to lead a ministry-level agency that oversees about 70 trillion yuan (HK$87 trillion) of non-financial state assets.

3 Sep 2013 - 1:00PM

Jiang Jiemin led an aggressive expansion at CNPC. Photo: Dickson Lee

China National Petroleum Corporation

CNPC in talks with Eni for US$4b gas assets in Mozambique

Italy's largest oil firm might sell a 20 per cent stake in a gas block to CNPC to share the cost of developing the project, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are private.

11 Jun 2015 - 4:57PM

Business Digest, March 4, 2013

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) would spend 15 billion yuan (HK$18.49 billion) to upgrade the quality of fuel it refines, general manager Zhou Jiping said.

4 Mar 2013 - 4:32AM

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan’s China appointment draws Hong Kong ire

2 Mar 2013 - 2:24PM

Jackie Chan arrives at the hotel served as an accommodation for the CPPCC members in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

China pays top dollar for gas imports

Gas imports by sea and pipeline will rise 24 per cent in 2013, according to China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest energy explorer. Crude purchases will climb 7.3 per cent and account for 58 per cent of total consumption, CNPC estimated in its annual research report released on January 30.

8 Feb 2013 - 3:53AM

China pollution

State oil and pollution politics blamed for bad air in China

Bureaucratic fighting between the environment ministry on the one hand and China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec on the other has thwarted stricter emission standards for diesel trucks and buses – a main cause of air pollution blanketing dozens of China’s cities.

12 Jan 2018 - 2:57PM

State-owned enterprises

Beijing has to reform its loss-making state-owned firms, say analysts

30 May 2016 - 5:00PM

Samsung Electronics

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The central government will invest a total of 400 billion yuan (HK$489.14bn) in healthcare by the end of China's 13th five-year plan (2016-2020).

11 Oct 2016 - 1:04PM

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China protests at US bank sanctions

15 Aug 2012 - 10:49PM

PetroChina

Energy, cement firms eye total of HK$2b in IPOs

14 Dec 2011 - 12:00AM

China National Petroleum Corporation

Exploration expenses eat into earnings

14 Apr 2008 - 12:00AM

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CNPC boosts investment to lift output

10 Jan 2007 - 12:00AM

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CNPC to buy 70pc of oil and gas firm in Indonesia

12 Jul 2006 - 12:00AM

China National Petroleum Corporation

Results diary

25 Apr 2005 - 12:00AM

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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

China’s would-be office magnate defaults on US$350 million bond

China’s oil behemoth gets a marquee address at The Center

CNPC names new head of oil trading arm to replace Wang Lihua

China’s central bank officials remain hopeful about future of shrinking dim sum bond market

China’s CNPC considering oilfield services IPO amid reform drive

China's oil refining party at an end as capacity is cut

Niger to repay US$1 billion China Exim Bank loan from sales of oil produced by Chinese firm

Executive of supplier to scandal-plagued CNPC 'dies in fall'

A senior executive of a major supplier to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has died, with one mainland media report saying she fell from a building in Chengdu.

Sichuan-based CNPC-supplier executives disappear amid widening graft probe

Oil giant urges calm during corruption probe into four senior executives

Chinese oil giant CNPC seen buying more overseas energy assets

CNPC looks over Petrobras assets worth US$2b

The assets in Colombia and Peru could be worth about US$2 billion and CNPC may face competition from other South American producers, two of the sources said.

CNPC to pay over US$5b in Kashagan oil stake

Agency cuts ratings on power, resources firms

CNPC chief Jiang Jiemin to take top job at Sasac in state shuffle

Jiang Jiemin, the head of the country's biggest oil and gas producer, has been picked to lead a ministry-level agency that oversees about 70 trillion yuan (HK$87 trillion) of non-financial state assets.

CNPC in talks with Eni for US$4b gas assets in Mozambique

Italy's largest oil firm might sell a 20 per cent stake in a gas block to CNPC to share the cost of developing the project, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are private.

Business Digest, March 4, 2013

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) would spend 15 billion yuan (HK$18.49 billion) to upgrade the quality of fuel it refines, general manager Zhou Jiping said.

Jackie Chan’s China appointment draws Hong Kong ire

China pays top dollar for gas imports

State oil and pollution politics blamed for bad air in China

Bureaucratic fighting between the environment ministry on the one hand and China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec on the other has thwarted stricter emission standards for diesel trucks and buses – a main cause of air pollution blanketing dozens of China’s cities.

Beijing has to reform its loss-making state-owned firms, say analysts

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | Morning Clicks: Vietnam claims South China Sea oil block, demands that bidding stop

The central government will invest a total of 400 billion yuan (HK$489.14bn) in healthcare by the end of China's 13th five-year plan (2016-2020).

China protests at US bank sanctions

Energy, cement firms eye total of HK$2b in IPOs

Exploration expenses eat into earnings

CNPC boosts investment to lift output

CNPC to buy 70pc of oil and gas firm in Indonesia

Results diary

Opinion | Morning Clicks: Vietnam claims South China Sea oil block, demands that bidding stop